“Was it the author’s fetish or did it serve a purpose” the answer is usually both and people get really uncomfortable trying to wrap their heads around this
Mount Doom is the intentionally literalist translation of Amon Amarth, its name in the practically *complete language* he included in the book. You could also translate as Mountain of Fate, as some translations of LOTR do.
However, "Duncan Idaho" is also fantastic naming.
and beaning the girl next to me in the eye. We had to cancel the session after that and I immediately relapsed for a solid month or two after the incident. I'm better now, but whenever I see him I just get sick to my stomach.
I thought I was going crazy reading all these positive comments about meeting Stavros Halkias because he's just about the rudest celebrity ever! I'm a recovered alcoholic, however back when I met him he was attending an AA meeting that my therapist recommended… (1/4)
he flew into another blind rage and downed a mouthful of whiskey before spitting it in my face. He splashed the rest of the contents of his flask into a rotating fan, filling the room with the smell of alcohol before throwing his empty flask across the room as he left…
@lieutenancys It’s called insight you simple fuck. If you think trans women aren’t involved in questions of dysphoria and women’s identity being wrapped up in femininity then you’re a bourgeois narcissist drunk on aesthetic.